The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-01-01

entirely 10 her babies, nubordinating
every other duty to this, and afterwards
exercised tho most jealous supssvislon o.
them and their nurses, c4aettng n careidl
account OF every hour, II moi moment
spent ont Of sight.
The mother who never hathes Snd
drecaes her baby, who does not nurse II,
and who sleeps away from It In anothor
room, loses much OF Ito sweetness, and
both abe and her child are to be plitled.
"Tllere Ia q medium In all ttinga," and
while no woman Is called upon to make q
slave Of herself 10 her child; indesd tho
doing 30 is q poeitiye injury to both, still
sho has no right 10 give the sacred Charge
over 10 hirellngs, and conaider her mater
nal duty discharged when she psys their
wages.
Tho proper ago for . nurse Ia q next
question. Many wise mothers preler
elderly women, while others declnre thnt
those children arc brightest and happiest
Yho are placed in charge Of young nurOes,
| who arc liyelier and play with them
more. Probably disposition has moro to
do with this matter than ago, or as Il ser.
want 10 whom objection was made on the
score Of her youth, once Bald, ut isn't
tho yeara that does tho work." Not nn'
frequently q half grown girl, II carefully
superintended, makes tho best OF nurses
moreover she Ia Usually read!er 10 adop,
your ru!ea and carry out your instrrc'
tom than an older woman who thinks
heraelf the wiser Of the two.
The professional nurse Is apt to have q
will Of her own, md In case Of sickness, te
| set even the doctor at defiance. Columns
might DO filed with instancea Of theiI
iads. For example ono experienced nurse
having learned from s leading aecoGeheuI
to enoint the nov born babe before wash
ING Il, persisted to the day OF her desth ID
creating all her nuraiinga from head tt
foot before their daily bath, Insisting thu
tho practice weH necessary both for health
and tho beauty Of their conplextona.
Another nurse could never be per
suaded 10 warm tho water In which sht
washed the baby. mo, marm,' She
wouid cay, II always washes children Ii
water fresh Trim the hydrant; warm watel
makes them delicate" aud sue would m
hesitatiugly give up q good place rathel
tllau yield the point.
A ioolish notion prevalent among thu
lower classes in several countries Is that
babe ct the brGaft can be Incurred agains
collie by being made 10 taate everything
which the mother eats. The writer wa
once Mortified to find her nurse about Il
give her baby cold slaw on this p,itclple
thu girl defending herself on the plea tina
her mother always did it and that 1t wa!
good for the child. PROM tho very frs
let II be understood that your children art
t9-hs managed according to your rules
and not according to tbs ideas Of the nurse
For your own sake as we'll ~ FOR theirs, in
stat that an infant shall never bs waikee
TO sleep or to quiet Ito crying. Oace be-
gin with this walking and you will b.
forced to keep it up, On the other hsnt
the child who is not walked. knows moth
ing Of the pleasant motion, aud does no
cry Tor il. Walking 40 infant is q heavy
tax on the nervous system Of the mother
and as such ia certain to react on the child
Moreover, when a baby ha, learned Thu
deligh. Of such exercise, nothing e!s'
serves to quiet it, End 1t becomes IN un
reasonable because unreasoring tyrsnt.